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The next-to-last episode of “How I Met Your Mother” rose in the ratings Monday, and it also helped the rest of CBS’ lineup improve over last week. The improvements were not, however, enough to break into the Top 2 for the night.

ABC drew 12.7 million viewers and an 8.2 rating/13 share in households in primetime, beating out NBC’s 12.1 million and 7.4/12. CBS (6.9 million, 4.3/7) came in third. FOX (4.95 million, 3.2/5) took fourth, and The CW (870,000, 0.6/1) trailed.

NBC easily led the 18-49 demo with a 3.4 rating. ABC’s 2.1 edged CBS’ 2.0 for second. FOX posted a 1.4 and The CW a 0.3.